to kill a mockingbird is based on the scottboro boys trial which was one of the most infuriatingly injust cases of total justice system failure during the time basically a bunch of white boys started shit with some black boys who just wanted to take a train the white boys lost the fight went to the police and made up a fake rape story even after one of the girls in the group admitted it was all a lie the police went on to charge them anyway the case went in front of an all white jury a public defender who didnt give a shit about defending some nigger boys and the whole trial was a travesty of justice google for the wholw story but just know the ending isnt a happy one